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+/*************************************************************************************
+
+    Grid physics library, www.github.com/paboyle/Grid 
+
+    Source file: ./lib/lattice/Lattice_crc.h
+
+    Copyright (C) 2021
+
+Author: Peter Boyle <paboyle@ph.ed.ac.uk>
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+    See the full license in the file "LICENSE" in the top level distribution directory
+*************************************************************************************/
+/*  END LEGAL */
+#pragma once
+
+NAMESPACE_BEGIN(Grid);
+
+template<class vobj> uint32_t crc(Lattice<vobj> & buf)
+{
+  autoView( buf_v , buf, CpuRead);
+  return ::crc32(0L,(unsigned char *)&buf_v[0],(size_t)sizeof(vobj)*buf.oSites());
+}
+
+#define CRC(U) std::cout << "FingerPrint "<<__FILE__ <<" "<< __LINE__ <<" "<< #U <<" "<<crc(U)<<std::endl;
+
+NAMESPACE_END(Grid);
+
+